Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:45:46 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 17:43:54, Sune Fischer wrote: >On April 06, 2004 at 17:19:36, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On April 06, 2004 at 17:07:42, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>>>Editing one line in the winboard ini-file is not rocket science, not even for >>>>>techno-phobes I think. >>>> >>>>It's just something 99.9% of the customers is not capable of doing. >>> >>>You're just making up numbers, the number is distorted because you never hear >>>complaints from those who succeed. >>> >>>>First of all they have *no clue* that they must modify it. >>> >>>It is possible they have no clue, but then they won't have much use for a chess >>>engine either. It goes hand in hand at some level. >>> >>>>>Arena can scan your harddrive for available engines, so all you have to do is >>>>>download them and unzip them. >>>> >>>>You still must find that button to do it and know it has that capability or it >>>>won't succeed. >>> >>>Of course, and if they can't they have much bigger problems anyway, like how to >>>find the "power on" switch :) >>> >>>Seriously. >>>You are expecting programmers to design software for users >>>*) who are scared of techno, >> >>True. >> >>>*) who can't install from a CD, >> >>They can install from a CD. >> >>>*) who doesn't know what a file is, >> >>They won't know what a file is >> >>>*) who can't browse a menu and >> >>They can use the Windows menu system in a primitive way. >> >>>*) who can't push buttons. >> >>They can click the mouse button. But they will easily become confused if they >>do not understand the question you are asking them and they have a choice. >>>Good luck writing software to these people, I give up on those. >>> >>>Luckly, I think we are dealing with a minory among the computer chess interested >>>folks! >> >>You are wrong. It is almost all of them. UBISOFT (ChessMaster) figured this >>out which is why they sold 5 million copies and totally dominate the market. > >I think chessmaster has maninly been bought by daddy giving his son a present >from the toy store. > >He might have choosen chessmaster because it had some nice 3D pictures on the >back of the box. >It's primitive things like that which sells. > >I think it is a mistake to assume anything that sells well is also the best >product. But in this case, it is among the best. The ChessBase stuff is also pretty good. We should ask ourselves a question though: If the Chessbase stuff were better, why don't the retailers put it on their shelves? I am sure that they have looked into it with test marketing. >If daddy had been into computer chess he would have downloaded Ruffian in Arena >for this son spent the money saved on some other action hero figure instead. Those daddys are very, very rare.
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